Faith, Sacrifice and the One Veda

Verse 1 (13.17.1)

श्रद्धात्यागं निर्वृतिं चापि पूजां । सत्यं धर्मं यः कृतं चाभ्युपैति । कामद्वेषौ त्यज्य सर्वेषु तुल्यः । श्रद्धापूतः सर्वयज्ञेषु योग्यः ॥

śraddhātyāgaṃ nirvṛtiṃ cāpi pūjāṃ | satyaṃ dharmaṃ yaḥ kṛtaṃ cābhyupaiti | kāmadveṣau tyajya sarveṣu tulyaḥ | śraddhāpūtaḥ sarvayajñeṣu yogyaḥ

The man who embraces faith, renunciation, tranquillity and worship, truth and dharma and what is rightly done, who gives up desire and hatred, is the same towards all and is purified by faith, is fit for every sacrifice.

Note on the text: The speaker heading (`द्वैपायन उवाच) slipped into the text; removed from the verse and made the speaker (the page's heading carries a stray backtick, 13-17-1x, so the parser left the speaker empty). Corrected श्रद्दात्यागं → श्रद्धात्यागं (misprint in Wikisource; द्द for द्ध; the critical edition has the two words śraddhāṃ tyāgaṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 98-101 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0098-0101). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them.

Verse 2 (13.17.2)

यस्मिन्यज्ञे सर्वभूताः प्रहृष्टाः । सर्वे चारम्भाः शास्त्रदृष्टाः प्रवृत्ताः । धर्म्यैरर्थ्यैर्ये यजन्ते ध्रुवं ते । पूतात्मानो धर्ममेकं भजन्ते ॥

yasminyajñe sarvabhūtāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ | sarve cārambhāḥ śāstradṛṣṭāḥ pravṛttāḥ | dharmyairarthyairye yajante dhruvaṃ te | pūtātmāno dharmamekaṃ bhajante

In the sacrifice where all beings rejoice and every undertaking that is begun is one the scriptures have shown, those who sacrifice with lawful and worthy means are surely pure of soul and hold to the one dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 102-105 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0102-0105). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them.

Verse 3 (13.17.3)

एकाक्षरं द्व्यक्षरमेकमेव । सदा यजन्ते नियताः प्रतीताः । दृष्ट्वा मनागर्चयित्वा स्म विप्राः । सतां मार्गं तं ध्रुवं सम्भजन्ते ॥

ekākṣaraṃ dvyakṣaramekameva | sadā yajante niyatāḥ pratītāḥ | dṛṣṭvā manāgarcayitvā sma viprāḥ | satāṃ mārgaṃ taṃ dhruvaṃ sambhajante

Controlled and trusting, they ever worship the One alone, whether as the one-syllabled or the two-syllabled; Brahmins who have seen him and honoured him even a little firmly follow that path of the good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 106-109 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0106-0109). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them.

Verse 4 (13.17.4)

पापात्मानः क्रोधरागाभिभूताः । कृष्णे भक्ता नाम सङ्कीर्तयन्तः । पूतात्मानो यज्ञशीलाः सुमेधा । यज्ञस्यान्ते कीर्तिलोकान्भजन्ते ॥

pāpātmānaḥ krodharāgābhibhūtāḥ | kṛṣṇe bhaktā nāma saṅkīrtayantaḥ | pūtātmāno yajñaśīlāḥ sumedhā | yajñasyānte kīrtilokānbhajante

Men of sinful nature, overcome by anger and passion, who are devoted to Krishna and sing his name, become pure of soul, given to sacrifice and wise; at the end of the sacrifice they reach the worlds of renown.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 110-113 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0110-0113). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Corrected क्रोधरगाभिभूताः → क्रोधरागाभिभूताः (misprint in Wikisource; short a for the long ā of rāga, as in the critical edition's krodharāgābhibhūtāḥ).

Verse 5 (13.17.5)

एको वेदो ब्राह्मणानां बभूव । चतुष्पादस्त्रिगुणो ब्रह्मशीर्षः । पादंपादं ब्राह्मणा वेदमाहुः । त्रेताकाले तं च तं विद्धि शीर्षम् ॥

eko vedo brāhmaṇānāṃ babhūva | catuṣpādastriguṇo brahmaśīrṣaḥ | pādaṃpādaṃ brāhmaṇā vedamāhuḥ | tretākāle taṃ ca taṃ viddhi śīrṣam

The Veda of the Brahmins was one, four-footed, threefold in quality, with Brahman as its head. Brahmins speak of the Veda foot by foot; in the Treta age, know each of those to be a head.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 114-117 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 1, printed after 13.8.28 as 13.8.28d@001_0114-0117). Four lines (pādas), as the page prints them. Removed the closing quote with the doubled danda (।।') by which Wikisource ends the passage it opened with a backtick in the heading. Rejoined the word split across the line break with a hyphen (वेदमाहु- । स्त्रेताकाले → वेदमाहुः । त्रेताकाले; pausal form at the pāda end); the text is otherwise unchanged.